James Maldonado's practice focuses on civil litigation in the areas of construction defect, personal injury, and general commercial and business matters.

Prior to joining CVK, James was the senior associate at Jennings, Haug & Cunningham, LLP in Phoenix, Arizona.

Education & Bar Admissions

James received his bachelor's degree from Portland State University in 1996 and his law degree from Willamette University College of Law in 1999.In 2005, James completed the Arizona Trial College, which is designed to enhance and sharpen the skills of trial attorneys in Arizona.

James is currently licensed to practice in state and federal courts in Oregon and Arizona.

Professional Activities

James is a member of the American Bar Association, the Maricopa County Bar Association, the Multnomah Bar Association, and the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel.

Community Activities and Interests

James has served as a captain and judge of high school mock trial competitions.His interests outside the practice of law include golf and fly fishing.

Mr. Maldonado is a litigator whose primary practice areas are focused on personal injury and commercial litigation matters.His practice areas also include general insurance defense litigation as well as construction law and trial practice.

Mr. Maldonado joined the Firm in 2002.

Mr. Maldonado is a graduate of Portland State University (B.S. 1996) and the Willamette University College of Law (J.D. 1999).

The company has also promoted James Maldonado from director of procurement to operations chief of staff.

Previously, Andersen was chief operating officer (COO), head of technology and vice president for Vestas in Beijing.
He has held positions as general manager and vice president in Vestas China/Shanghai and spent significant time working in Indonesia and China.

Maldonado has worked for Vestas since 2008 in a variety of legal support, negotiation, transportation and procurement positions.Before joining Vestas, he worked as a senior litigation associate for Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP and as a senior litigation and transactional associate for Jennings, Haug & Cunningham.Maldonado will provide supervision and coordination for the COO's office in the U.S. and Canada.

The following speakers echoed this optimism, each outlining recent progress in their respective fields: James Maldonado on the wind industry, Thor Hinkley on PGE's renewable power program and John Audley on the broad effort to boost renewables throughout the region.

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James Maldonado, operations chief of staff for Vestas Wind Systems, discussed the growth and hurdles of the wind industry.

Maldonado stressed the technical and logistical hurdles often overlooked when considering alternative energies such as wind.
These include financing, servicing and transportation.
But ultimately, says Maldonado, all of these hurdles are opportunities: "All of this is jobs.
We hire most of our service folks from the local community."

Maldonado also talked about the benefit to rural landowners, who can make between three and five thousand dollars a year by leasing their land to wind turbines.
This is especially significant in Oregon, he says, where many farmers and rural dwellers could use the extra revenue.

Commenting on Vestas' performance over the last few years, Maldonado says the company was hit hard by the recession and found it hard to secure financing for their multimillion-dollar wind projects.
The company is growing healthy now, Maldonado says.
He expects this coming summer-most turbine installations occur in the summer-to be the "busiest ever in this history of this company."